Having using Wikispaces and the Wiki in our SharePoint site at IU 13 I understand how much value they can be. They are an excellent resource which can easily be utilized in almost any classroom for effective instruction. It's great for an instructor to have the students actually create something collaboratively which is so easy to do.
I actually learned some new tricks in Google Docs today. I had been very familiar with the Documents, Spreadsheets, and Forms, but had never applied any of the widgets or shortcuts Jim showed us today. After evaluating the differences between the Microsoft Live and Google Docs I have come to the conclusion that Google Docs has a better end user experience for collaboration. This is not surprising due to it's maturity. It will be interesting to see what new features Microsoft can implement to compete. They have an uphill battle though as many of the extras for Google have sprung from Open Source projects.
Glad you learned some things in Google Docs. And I'm also glad that you had a chance to explore Windows live. I'm still amazed that the Word portion doesn't allow synchronous editing. They've got a ways to go, then, for sure
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